Thread: W&B 7/8

My first restore using horn.

I think you did an astounding job...looks fantastic, and having a few W&B's myself, I think that looks superb!

I particularly like how the scales turned out, very classy, they have a nice shine to them, almost an ebony quality...how did you get that look?

Thanks Phrank, I sanded to 3000 grit then polished with White Diamond brand metal polish and sealer.

Great looking finish on the WB. custom scales?

Phrank said it all. That is a very good looking job you did on that W&B.

Bob

Very nice! That horn is wonderful .

Beautiful job. I just got some horn to try out as well

Very nice restore, being a Carpenter by trade myself I have a small Stanley block plane that I use for lots of tasks and having worked and made horn scales by hand many times after seeing this I'm going to try my block plane out on a piece of horn in the future. http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ales-hand.html

I am not advocating the use of a hand plane for thinning your horn. It is a lot of work,the plane should be heavy,tuned and the plane iron very sharp, if not you can experience tear out. It appears that horn has some grain to it somewhat like wood ,and horn does not grow flat it is pressed flat and that grain can dive away from the plane iron , the result being that the plane iron can rip material rather than slice it. I will take my belt sander outside next time, or make sure SWMBO is away.

Originally Posted by Wirm

I am not advocating the use of a hand plane for thinning your horn. It is a lot of work,the plane should be heavy,tuned and the plane iron very sharp, if not you can experience tear out. It appears that horn has some grain to it somewhat like wood ,and horn does not grow flat it is pressed flat and that grain can dive away from the plane iron , the result being that the plane iron can rip material rather than slice it. I will take my belt sander outside next time, or make sure SWMBO is away.

Again - beautiful work, it seems we have another master craftsman on board! Maybe I should put in for some custom designed scales now before the back log gets to large!